Chapter 431: Splendid Water Town Meets the Dead
Since the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty moved the capital to Hangzhou, the emperors of the Song Dynasty have focused on the construction of Hangzhou, especially in these years, it can be said that it is the strength of a country to build Hangzhou, over time, the former real name Hangzhou has gradually been mentioned, "Hangzhou", "Hangzhou" two titles have gradually become popular in Chinese countries.
Generally speaking, most of the locals in Hangzhou will call "Hangdu", which is a kind of psychological superiority brought by geographical advantages, while most of the outsiders will call it Hangzhou, and there are a few people whose ancestors are Hangzhou, and they will still call it Hangzhou.
Hangzhou has three ports, one facing the east of Zhejiang, one navigable to the north of the Song Dynasty, and the last one is the port of Yuanpu in the southwest, and most of the ships coming and going from this port are from the west and southwest.
Although he was a vassal king, Yao Ruoyu's arrival did not seem to attract much attention from the port officials, but after everyone got off the ship, a warden still came over to handle the formalities for them.
According to the etiquette system of the Song Dynasty, Yao Ruoyu and other vassal kings would live in the corresponding post house when they entered Beijing, such as the lords of various states in the South Seas would live in the Southwest Post House, and the vassal kings from the northwest such as Yao Ruoyu would live in the Jianmen Post House.
The group unloaded the salute, and then Bai Junru and others got into the car, Yao Ruoyu and Zhang Ziqiang led a hundred light horsemen on horseback, marched out of the port, and galloped away in the direction of Hangdu.
Hangdu is the most prosperous city in southeast China, and now just after the end of the year, the convoy on the official road is crowded, and the powerful press the rich, the rich press the small money, and the small money can only suppress those who are fighting small people.
It's just that no matter if you have power or a lot of money, when you see a hundred saber light horses galloping over, they all panicked to move their convoy to the side, and then guessed the identity of these people.
Dare to run wild with a hundred cavalry in the land of Hangdu, even if it is six Shangshu, they dare not be so rampant, everyone speculated for a while, most of them guessed that the military marquis of various places, or a few princes, did not expect that it would be Yao Ruoyu, who was only canonized as a vassal king two years ago.
Everyone galloped along the official road in a domineering manner, and arrived at the gate of Hangdu at dusk, when the gate of the city was already overcrowded, and the gate guards only opened the left and right side doors, and the middle gate was wide open, and a group of people were slowly squeezing in.
Seeing Yao Ruoyu and the others coming over on horseback, the guards at the city gate did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly came up to ask.
After learning Yao Ruoyu's identity, the chief hurriedly saluted, but he glanced at the crowded convoy at the door, and hesitated: "Lord Wang, there is a convoy of Lord Shu in front, they have more cars, can you wait?"
"King Shu?" Raising his eyebrows, Yao Ruo looked at the convoy with a foolish smile, and it happened that many people in that convoy were looking back curiously, guessing which vassal king's convoy this was.
Knowing that the King of Shu wanted to return to Sichuan and Shu, Yao Ruoyu didn't have much affection for the prince who lost Sichuan back then, even though the other party was a royal noble, and he was just a county king, but he really fought, and he was really not afraid of the other party.
At this time, there seemed to be someone in front of him who recognized his own text Wang Qi, and there was a commotion all of a sudden, and in a moment, he saw a young man with a fat brain crawling out of a carriage, he moved his fat body, looked here, and suddenly laughed.
Although I don't know what he was laughing at, Yao Ruoyu's face was already cold, and Zhang Ziqiang, who was riding a horse, also narrowed his bloody eyes slightly, and said coldly: "What is the dead fat man laughing at?"
Although he has successfully lost weight over the years, Yao Ruoyu still frowned sensitively when he heard the word "dead fat man", and only sneered after a while, and said lightly: "Yin Chu!"
The one hundred Tiance sergeants accompanying him this time, led by Yin Chu, the general of the first battalion of the Tiance Army, was the general who surrendered in the first battle of Longmen Town, and he had the cultivation of the four realms and eight times, he was a Song person, and he was always loyal after surrendering, so this time he also led the army to escort Yao Ruoyu and others.
Hearing Yao Ruoyu's greeting, Yin Chu immediately came up, hugged his fists and said, "Lord Wang." ”
"Give you a stick of incense time to clear the way. Yawning, Yao Ruoyu sneered.
Yin Chu was stunned when he heard this, looked at the city gate, his face sank, and he said solemnly: "Yin Chu takes the order!"
When the chief next to him heard this, his face was suddenly pale, and he said in shock: "The prince is angry, this is Hangdu, if there is a mess, I am afraid that I ......will turn back."
With a sneer, Yao Ruoyu said lightly: "What kind of mess can be born? If the deputy head of the government army has any opinions, let him come to me, anyway, some old accounts have not been settled back then." ”
As he was talking, Yin Chu had already led a hundred Tiance light horsemen to rush out, and the convoy of the Shu Wangfu was in chaos, and anyone who resisted with a knife was hit hard by Yin Chu, and the road had been cleared in no moment.
Seeing this, Yao Ruoyu shook the reins of his horse and rode his horse into the city slowly, Zhang Ziqiang grinned, waved his hand, and followed with a few carriages behind.
At this time, Yin Chu and the others had already driven all the people and horses of the Shu Wangfu to both sides, and the master who was the leader trembled angrily, and when he saw Yao Ruoyu coming, he shouted: "King Wen, why did you crash into my Shu Wangfu convoy for no reason?
Squinting his eyes, Yao Ruoyu pressed his sword and smiled: "Do you want to reason with me? Why don't you talk to my sword about the famous words of the saint first?"
"Yao Ruoyu!" At this time, the obese young man from before squeezed out of the crowd and roared angrily, "If you have the guts, don't go, my father will bring someone over later!"
"Yin Chu!" Yao Ruoyu said lightly, Yin Chu immediately rode over, lifted the young man like a chicken, and then turned the horse's head back, threw him under Yao Ruoyu's horse, and grinned, "Lord Wang, this guy is heavy, there must be two hundred catties, right?"
Yao Ruoyu smiled, leaned over to look at the fat man, and chuckled: "You are the prince of the King of Shu? Didn't the King of Shu teach you manners? This is the first time, and the next time, I will cut your tongue." ”
After the loss of Shu, Emperor Song gave the western part of Huainan to the king of Shu, when he was in Huainan, the prince of Shu was also arrogant and arrogant, but at this moment when he saw the cold light in Yao Ruoyu's eyes, he suddenly had no backbone, and he didn't dare to say a word.
Yao Ruoyu smiled, patted his cheek with his hand, and then ripped off the other party's sleeve with some disgust, wiped his hands greasy, and then pinched the horse's belly, and said with a smile: "If the King of Shu has any opinions, let me come to the post house to find me, go." ”
Walking into Hangdu, the street is several times wider, and there is a special royal road, and everyone is not too crowded to move forward all the way.
"Brother Yao, with your temperament, you don't look like this kind of domineering person, so did the King of Shu provoke you?" After walking for a while, Zhang Ziqiang finally couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart and asked.
Yao Ruoyu smiled and told the King of Shu about his intention to ask for Shu, and suddenly Zhang Ziqiang sneered: "It's shameless enough." ”
Twisting his shoulders, Yao Ruo smiled foolishly: "The reason why I entered Beijing in person this time is for this matter. ”
The Jianmen Post House is not far from the South Gate, but at tea time, the group has already come to the post house.
Yao Ruoyu put down the salute, and the door was pushed open, and Fan Difei came in with a grin, and said with a smile: "Brother Demon, Sister Xian and I, and the little madman will go to the master first! ”
glanced at him helplessly, Yao Ruoyu waved his hand angrily, and Fan Difei immediately turned around and went out with a grin.
After packing up his things, Yao Ruoyu came to the lobby, and saw Wu Xue and Hou Jingru chattering about something, and when he saw him coming down, Wu Xue shouted: "Brother Yao, Xiao Er said that there is a lantern festival in West Lake! Let's go together!"
Yao Ruoyu raised his eyebrows and said, "What about them?"
Hou Jingru said softly: "Mr. Zou and Brother Cui followed Sister Xian and the little madman away, and Sister Qiaoxin and Mr. Bai went back to the room, saying that they would not act with us." ”
Cui Qiaoxin was not together, Yao Ruoyu suddenly lost all the pressure, and quickly nodded and smiled: "Let's go." ”
Before leaving, Yao Ruoyu specially instructed Yin Chu to let him take someone to stay at the inn, but with Cui Qiaoxin and Bai Junru, two masters of the Five Realms, he was really not afraid of anyone coming to make trouble.
The post house is in the Zhijiang area, the three of them walked in the crowd for a while, and soon came to the West Lake, which was already crowded at this time, most of the men and women carried a lantern, walked together in pairs, talking and laughing and walking to the West Lake.
Wu Xue is a native of Chongqing, she has never been to Hangzhou, although she has seen a lot of unique scenery in the south of the Yangtze River along the way, but those are compared with Hangzhou, it is really different from cloud and mud, she is really dazzled for a while, and she doesn't know where to look.
Before getting close to the lake, there were already many vendors selling lanterns on the surrounding streets, Wu Xue hurriedly pulled Hou Jingru to walk over quickly, the pace was simply walking with the wind, and many pedantic scholars around him shook their heads again and again, Yao Ruoyu followed behind with his hands behind his back, chuckling and watching the second daughter choose lanterns.
Seeing that Wu Xue and Hou Jingru each chose a lantern, Yao Ruoyu was about to pay for it, when he suddenly heard a person behind him say in surprise: "Wang...... Brother Lu. ”
Yao Ruoyu didn't react at first to shout at herself, but when she heard the familiar voice, she subconsciously looked back, her eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Miss Li." ”
Behind him was a delicate girl, wearing an emerald green gown, wearing a snow-white brocade robe, white skin, gentle eyes like water, and elegant temperament.
After a few years, Li Qingzhao is also close to twenty years old, but in addition to his temperament becoming more mature and gentle, his appearance still looks like sixteen or seventeen years old, seeing Yao Ruoyu at this moment, the girl's eyes are full of joy, and she strode up, but she was embarrassed to pull his sleeves, just a dignified salute, and chuckled: "Brother Lu, why did you come to Hangzhou?"
Smiling slightly, Yao Ruoyu bowed his head and said, "Tribute! What a coincidence, I actually met you here." ”
Li Qingzhao then remembered Yao Ruoyu's identity as the county king, grinned, and was about to speak, Wu Xue and Hou Jingru had already come back hand in hand with lanterns, and when they saw Li Qingzhao, Wu Xue pouted and said, "Brother Yao, where did you hook up with a girl?"
She spoke vulgarly, Li Qingzhao unconsciously blushed, Yao Ruoyu saw this and said helplessly: "Don't pay attention to her, this girl has never been serious." ”
"Ahh
Yao Ruoyu shook her head and introduced the third girl, knowing that the gentle woman in front of her was actually Li Qingzhao, Wu Xue and Hou Jingru were extremely excited, and shouted for Li Qingzhao to sign it, which made this talented woman extremely embarrassed.